Incredible after, it looks so clean and gorgeous. I am going to be sharing this in a roundup on COM. I would love it if you could include where you are linking at? I don't see COM-MON. linked up anywhere, if I am mistaken I apologize. Thanks, jen

The cabinets were a challenge! I will probably do a whole post on what I did (including everything I did wrong:) But, in the end I liked the brilliant white by Behr (semi-gloss) I think it was a paint and primer in one, but I didn't have them mix any color at all in it because the paint I used before looked yellow! :(

That would be great! Thanks so much Jennie! I usually just post a link to all the parties I link to at the bottom of my post - it is so much work to include every single button to each blog, and my "parties I link to" page actually generates quite a bit of traffic from my blog so I am getting a lot of exposure for those blogs even when I am not linking to their parties. If that is a problem though, feel free to take my link off your party and sorry for the inconvenience. :)

I love the white cabinets with the metal (copper?) drawer pulls and knobs - such a great accent detail that really pops! Congratulations on your new kitchen! :) (Visiting you via Kim's blog party at 733 blog!)

Wow what a transformation! Your layout is almost exactly like my parents kitchen/dining area and I have been dreaming about a redo just like this for them for e.v.e.r! What's stopping me? They like their wood cabinets :-( The cabinets aren't even very good quality and frankly would benefit greatly from painting! Ah but I can dream....and keep your photos for inspiration if the day ever comes when I get to influence them ;-) For some reason, they just don't trust me, their interior decorator daughter. {sigh}

Yes! I love my light and it was on clearance for $43 at Home Depot.com! You can find it here:http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=202060811&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&MERCH=REC-_-product-1-_-202060809-_-202060811-_-N#.UPh9ePIVIlQ

I got the drawer pulls on Restoration Hardware.com on clearance! Here is the link and it looks like they still have them!http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?type=finalSale&productId=prod1160290

I got 2 of the slipcovers at Goodwill and just pinned them with safety pins to fit my curved chairs (thinking I will replace them someday soon and possibly with square-backs.) I made the slipcover for 1 of the chairs though (the one with less fabric)

I love love love your redo! I'm a big fan of white kitchens! Your layout is so similar to my parent's kitchen/dining area. I've often dreamed of a redo like this for them. But they like it 'as is' so...... :-)

In our former house, I got tired of the wood toned cabinets and painted them a creamy white. Wow it really opened up our small eat-in kitchen. Never regretted doing that! I loved them.

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Lovely and much inspiring way to organize your kitchen and corridors in a very simpler way, with such a little effort, this really inspired me and being one of the NYC Professional organizer I'm gonna try it in one of my organizing services.

COSprings2025- I didn't do a very good job...I should have sanded them down better (I just lightly sanded then cleaned with TCP) Then I used a Kilz primer that gets rid of the yellow and a couple/few coats of a really good bright white Behr paint. There were a couple spots that peeled because I didn't sand, but I think they wouldn't have if I had kept the heat up in the house the week after they dried. Hope that helps!

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